The Ins and Outs of Online Shopping for Clothing

I will admit that I have developed a love for online shopping.
As a matter of fact, I can now say that I do most of my shopping from the comfort of my home.
I rarely have a need to get into my car and head off to the ubiquitous shopping mall anymore.

No need to... really.

My wardrobe, my skin cream, my everything....
it seems...
is available online.

So, what does that look like?

Well, it takes a bit of practice, if you have not yet honed your skills

and it requires a bit of research before you lay your card on the line.

For instance,

I made my first buy at ASOS with a single purchase to be sure that the sizing and quality was not going to be an issue.

I bought this simple brown gauze top that was on sale at the time for under 40$.
Looks really blah hanging here but
it is a very loose fit and looks great with straight leg jeans and flats.

But

it was a risky purchase, as all first ones are.

The site was reviewed as being one of the top sites for online purchases

so I felt a certain sense of comfort in knowing that other shoppers had not been disappointed.

SO.... I took the chance.

The biggest risk is sizing and given that many of these sites are overseas it is important to check the sizing chart and get out your tape measure to be sure.

Turned out that I was so happy with my first purchase 

 I turned around and bought another top that I saw in the sale section plus a cute sweater for my daughter's birthday.

Fast shipping, accurate sizing, good pricing, good quality = happy customer.

ASOS has been a good go-to site.

As is sometimes the case

one good thing does not necessarily lead to another

and

I stumbled upon the site SheInside.com 

I ordered one very cute, well, extremely cute 

coat.

The price...amazing. 

Perhaps, too amazing.

And, well, I got sloppy.

This time I did not necessarily use good judgment in studying the size guide 

and

 my love of the visual

 overrode my usual reliance on reviews.

What happened?

Well, cute was still cute

but delivery time was long and the coat

well, 

the coat was 

WAY TOO SMALL.... yep, at least 4 sizes too small.

And wonky. I could not even get my arm into the sleeve!

But fortunately the good seems to outweigh the bad

if you do your homework.

A fellow blogger had posted a reference to the NINE WEST sale site

so I headed over to check it out and saw a lot of great deals.

But since I have not bought a lot of shoes from them in the past

 I made an exception for online shoping

and dropped by Nine West to try on the shoes to be sure of the size.

The shoes I bought were on sale in the store for $99.00

marked down from 139$.

But

on the website they were $59!!

SCORE.

Another site that I am checking out is
Yoox.com
but no purchases as of yet.

There are loads of sites with a wide variety of options so it is quite
interesting and easy to do some comparison shopping.
Do your research.
Read as many reviews as you can.
Understand the sizing chart.
And try it out with a single purchase.

Let me know if you have any favourite online shopping sites for clothing.